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School district · Missouri · LEAID 2931050

Warren Co. R-iii

Warren Co. R-iii is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Missouri districts (3,085 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Warren Co. R-iii come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$50,123
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$12,759
Per-pupil spending
3,085
Students enrolled
47th
Pct. in MO
$50,123

Warren Co. R-iii is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Missouri districts (3,085 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $50,123, below the national average of $70,245, serving 3,085 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Warren Co. R-iii is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Missouri districts (3,085 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 47th percentile for Missouri
  • 15th percentile nationally
  • 31% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Missouri ranks #43 of 49 on the salary estimate and #18 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Warren Co. R-iii ranks #216 of 405 Missouri districts by estimated teacher salary and #313 of 405 by per-pupil spending. Clayton pay #1 at $94,417 is not Brentwood spending #1 at $36,741 per pupil
  • +2.6% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Missouri median

Among 514 Missouri districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Warren Co. R-iii's instructional payroll puts 67.6% into regular program , 7.2 points below the state median of 74.8%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Warren Co. MO median Gap
Regular program 67.6% 74.8% -7.2 pp
Special education 17.3% 10.1% +7.2 pp
Vocational programs 2.7% 4.1% -1.4 pp
Other programs 12.3% 10.0% +2.3 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 514 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2931050 · FY2023.

LEAID 2931050 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Warren Co. F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -4% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P47 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P15 national PPE-LOW $13K/pupil ENR-MID 3,085 students INSTR-LOW 31% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Moberly FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $50,123 estimated average teacher salary · P47 in Missouri · P15 nationally · 31% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Sedalia ($467est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Warren Co.

Salary neighbourhood · Warren Co.

Warren Co. sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Warren Co.

Warren Co. R-iii's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$50,123 15th percentile higher than 15% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Warren Co. R-iii $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

Warren Co. in Missouri's lower-third pay band

Same 405 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Warren Co. R-iii ranks #216 of 405 Missouri districts by estimated teacher salary and #313 of 405 by per-pupil spending. Clayton pay #1 at $94,417 is not Brentwood spending #1 at $36,741 per pupil

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Warren Co. R-iii is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Brentwood leads spending at $36,741 per pupil; Clayton leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Warren Co. R-iii

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +2.6% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Missouri's statewide +14.3% by 11.8 points, a growth rate faster than 10% of the 499 Missouri districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$50,123.099

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Missouri price level
91.1 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$55,017

+10% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Missouri run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Missouri compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Warren Co. R-iii

What the Numbers Say About Warren Co. R-iii

Warren Co. R-iii is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Missouri, serving 3,085 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $12,759. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $50,123, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2931050 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Missouri statewide average of $52,299, teacher pay in Warren Co. R-iii runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 4.2% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (28.6% differential). Among enrolling districts in Missouri, it pays more than 47% of them. Missouri itself ranks #43 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Warren Co. R-iii reports $39.4M in total expenditure against $44.3M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 31% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $7.7M, special-education teacher pay is $2.0M.

How does Warren Co. R-iii compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Missouri average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Warren Co. R-iii $50,123
Springfield R-xii $58,777
Missouri avg $52,299
National avg $70,245

Warren Co. R-iii pays -14.7% less than Springfield R-xii · per-pupil $12,759 vs $17,820

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable Missouri districts

On pay, Warren Co. R-iii sits closest to Moberly; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Cassville R-iv. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Moberly
  2. Fredericktown R-i
  3. Maryville R-ii
  4. Lewis Co. C-1
  5. Arcadia Valley R-ii
  6. Sedalia 200
  7. Mountain Grove R-iii
  8. Scott Co. R-iv
  9. Hollister R-v
  10. Montgomery Co. R-ii
  11. Morgan Co. R-i
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Cassville R-iv
  2. Marshall
  3. Poplar Bluff R-i
  4. Mcdonald Co. R-i
  5. Mexico 59
  6. Lathrop R-ii
  7. Trenton R-ix
  8. Windsor C-1
  9. West St. Francois Co. R-iv
  10. Willard R-ii
  11. Morgan Co. R-ii

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Warren Co. R-iii's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Warren Co. R-iii: closest on enrollment (3,085 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($50,123 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$44.3M
Total Revenue
$39.4M
Total Expenditure
$12.2M
Instruction Salaries
31% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$7.7M
Regular Program
$2.0M
Special Education
$0.3M
Vocational
$1.4M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Warren Co. R-iii: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 93% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 7% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Missouri Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Missouri districts belongs to Clayton at $94,417. Warren Co. R-iii places 183 of 281 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Montana and New Mexico are the states closest to Missouri on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Missouri districts →

Other Missouri Districts

Smaller-district sample from 405 Missouri peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Perry Co. 32
$49,052
2,144 students
Sullivan
$51,531
2,114 students
School of the Osage
$62,375
2,063 students
Odessa R-vii
$54,062
2,041 students
Central R-iii
$57,751
2,040 students
Dexter R-xi
$52,398
2,039 students

This is a sample of 6 from 405 Missouri districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Warren Co. R-iii
What is the average teacher salary in Warren Co. R-iii?

The average teacher salary in Warren Co. R-iii is $50,123 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Warren Co. R-iii teacher pay compare to the Missouri average?

Warren Co. R-iii pays 4.2% less than the Missouri state average of $52,299. The district's average is $50,123.

How does Warren Co. R-iii teacher pay compare to the national average?

Warren Co. R-iii pays 28.6% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $50,123.

What is the per-pupil spending in Warren Co. R-iii?

Warren Co. R-iii spends approximately $12,759 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Warren Co. R-iii's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 31% of Warren Co. R-iii's total expenditure of $39.4M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Warren Co. R-iii's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.